Jean de Dieu Bagirishya, the Vice President in charge of Competitions at the Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB) will be arraigned in the Gasabo Intermediate Court on Friday, October 8 to face charges related to forgery. He was apprehended by the Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) last month, two days after the national women’s volleyball team was disqualified from the Confederation of African Volleyball tournament that Rwanda was hosting. Rwanda’s disqualification from the competition was related to fielding 4 ineligible players, for whom the local federation did not have all the necessary documents for clearing them to represent the country. The players were originally from South America, and were all making their debut appearances for Rwanda in the tournament. The disqualification was followed by an investigation on FRVB’s top officials, including Bagirishya who was being suspected to have used forged documents in exercising his functions. A few days later, RIB concluded the investigations concerning the case and handed the file to prosecution to take the next steps. Bagirishya has previously served in different portfolios in the game of volleyball in the country. He is a former head coach of the Kirehe Volleyball Club and an assistant coach for Rayon Sports and Gisagara volleyball clubs. He is also the Managing Director of local radio station BnB Umwezi.
